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Regulators said the defendants used stolen information to profit on trades

Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8m (£6.8m) over a multi-million dollar insider trading scam.

The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) said Iat Hong, 26, Bo Zheng, 30, and Hung Chin, 50, breached the websites of US law firms and accessed confidential information about mergers and acquisitions.